Seal-lock.



J. FORSHEl-M a1. KONIGSBER G.

sm LOCK. I APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 19 15- 1,201,816. Patenmd Oct.17,1916.

" ATES' JOSEPH roEsHEIM, or GREAT NECK, AND JOSEPH KONIGSBER-G, or NEWYORK, n. Y., ASSIGNOBS TO LENA s. EORsHEIM. 0E GREAT NECK, NEW YORK.

SEAL-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 17, 1916.

Application filed. April 27, 1915. Serial No. 24,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrrr Fonsnnni and JOSEPH KoNIesnEnG, citizens ofthe United States, and residents, respectively, of Great Neck, in thecounty of Nassau and State of New York, and of the borough of'Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Seal-Locks, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a detector which must bemutilated before it can be removed.

Another object is to provide a detector which must be mutilated beforeaccess can be obtained to parts behind the detector.

The invention more particularly comprises a protective strip which isheld in position by suitable positioning means, such as a locked cover,the strip being so located that K it must be punctured or otherwisemutilated before the positioning means can be released to permit theremoval of the protective strip. The positioning means may form part ofa holder for the protective strip or it may hold the strip in positionon any suitable support.

The detector may be used for protecting an open compartment, a drawer,the door of a closed or locked compartment, a lock, the key-hole of alock, or wherever applicable, where it is desired to indicate thataccess has been obtained or attempted past the detector. It is to beunderstood that the mutilation of the detector should be such that itwill be rendered inapplicable for further use.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown and described herein.

Figure 1 is a front view of a box illustrat- 'ing our invention, Fig. 2is a section taken in The protective strip is denoted by 1, which stripmay be of paper or other suitable material which can be readilypunctured or otherwise mutilated.

In the embodiment of our invention shown, the detector is shown asapplied to a lock box of well known form, in which'the body of the boxis denoted by 2, its cover by 3, the lock by 4 and its key-hole by 5. Alaminated holder 6 is permanently secured to the front of the box aroundthe key-hole 5, to which holder is hinged a cover 7 which acts inconnection with the holder as a positioning means for the strip 1. Thiscover is provided with a hole 8 in front of the keyhole 5, through whichhole the protective strip is disclosed. This cover 7 is provided with ahook 9 arranged to enter a slot 10 in the holder and be engaged by aspringpressed locking catch 11. This locking catch 11 is provided with alip 12 under manual control for releasing the cover 7. A spring 13 maybe provided for throwing the cover 7 open when released from the holder.

The manually operated releasing device is back of the protective strip 1and is in alinement with a hole 14 in the cover 7 through which hole theprotective strip is disclosed. The protective strip exposed through thishole 14 in the cover, must be mutilated before the lip 12 of the coverreleasing device can be operated to release the cover. If desired, theholder may be provided with one or more impaling pins 15 in alinernentwith holes 16 in the cover for still further securing the protectivestrip in position. It will thus be seen that the protective strip mustbe punctured and thereby mutilated to permit the insertion of the keyinto the keyhole 5 and also that the strip must be punctured and therebymutilated to gain access to the cover releasing means, before the covercan be released to permit the strip to be removed from the positioningmeans.

It is intended that the mutilation of the protective strip be suflicientto render the strip inoperative for further use and it is also intendedthat if so desired a characteristic mark shall be placed upon theprotecposed through the opening in the cover, this serving as anadditional guard against the reuse of the protective strip.

' It is evident that the embodiment herein disclosed is only one of manyembodiments which'mightibe provided Within the scope of our invention;hence We do notWish to Vl1m1t ourselves to the structure herein shownand described; but

What We claim is v Y 1. A lock, a protective strip, positioning meanstherefor, and a separate releasing device forthe positioning meansoperablein- I dependently of thelock, said strip covering and protectingboth the lock and-the releasing device and requiring mutilation forgaining access to either.

2. YA look, a protective strip, positioning means therefor including-acover, and a separate releasing device for thefcover operableindependently of the lock, said strip coverboth the lock and thereleasing device and requiring mutilation for gaining access to either.

4., A look, a protective strip, positioning means therefor including acover and a separate releasing device for the cover operableindependently of the lock, said strip covering and protecting both thelock and a releasing device and requiring mutilation for gaining accessto either, and said cover having holes therethrough for exposing theprotective strip both at the lock and at the releasing device.

5. A look, a protective strip, positioning means therefor including aholder and its cover and a separate releasing device for the coveroperable independently of the lock, said strip covering and protectingboth the lock and the releasing device and requiring mutilation forgaining access to either, and said cover having holes therethrough forexposing the protective strip at the lock and at the releasing device.

In testimony, that We claim the foregoingas our invention, we havesigned our names this twenthy-sixth day of April, 1915.

- JOSEPH FORSHEIM.

JOSEPH KONIGSBERG.

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